Coppery-chested jacamar
Template:Short description Template:Use American English
The coppery-chested jacamar (Galbula pastazae) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1][2]
Taxonomy and systematics
The coppery-chested jacamar is monotypic.[1] It and the rufous-tailed (Galbula ruficauda), white-chinned (G. tombacea), bluish-fronted (G. cyanescens), and green-tailed jacamars (G. glabula) are considered to form a superspecies.[3]
Description
The coppery-chested jacamar is Script error: No such module "convert". long and weighs approximately Script error: No such module "convert".. The male's crown is metallic green with a blue gloss. The rest of the upper parts are metallic bronzy green. The throat and breast are shiny green and the belly and vent area are dark rufous. The female is similar except that the chin and throat are dark rufous.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The coppery-chested jacamar is effectively endemic to Ecuador, though there are records from a single site in each of far southern Colombia and far northern Peru. It is found on the east slope of the Andes between approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in Ecuador. The Colombia record, at El Carmen, Nariño Department, was at Script error: No such module "convert". and the Peru record, on the upper Comaina River, Amazonas Department, was at Script error: No such module "convert".. The coppery-chested jacamar inhabits humid montane forest. It is a bird of the understory, being found along forest edges, along watercourses, and at tree falls and landslides that provide openings.[2]
Behavior
Feeding
The coppery-chested jacamar is insectivorous but few details of its diet or feeding methods are known.[2]
Breeding
One known nest of the coppery-chested jacamar was a burrow in an earth bank. Little else has been documented about its breeding. [2]
Vocalization
The coppery-chested jacamar's song is "a rising series of wee notes, sometimes ending in a descending rattle" [1]. Its call is "a weet note, singly or in a series" [2].[2]
Status
The IUCN has assessed the coppery-chested jacamar as least concern. It is uncommon and its population is believed to be decreasing in parallel with forest destruction.[4]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f Schulenberg, T. S. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cocjac2.01 retrieved May 10, 2021
- ↑ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 19 January 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved January 19, 2021
- ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".